Explore the evolutionary dynamics of language through verb changes seen from Old English to modern times. Discover the future of irregular verbs. For decades, scientists have realised that languages ...

There are two main classes of verbs in English: strong and weak. 'Strong' is a historical terms that refers to the of verbs in which the past tense is marked by a change in the base vowel and the ...

'I let Roger drive the car whenever he wants to.' 'I let Roger drive because I wasn’t feeling very well.' 'If you hadn’t let him use your credit card, you wouldn’t now be overdrawn.' 'I always cut my ...

In this episode we will look at ways to talk about something that has happened in the past. Plus we will look at ways to form compound and complex sentences. Hello. I’m Margot Politis. Welcome to ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

English tenses represent one of the most fundamental aspects of achieving fluency in the language. These grammatical structures enable speakers to convey precise temporal relationships, indicating ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...